Mark Twain, a great American novelist, exemplifies his humor, realism, and satire in his unique writing style in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, born in 1835, wrote numerous books throughout his lifetime. It was the real south for slaves, Imagine you are on a plantation and you are working 24/7, not to get beat, in the hot summer with a white man standing over you with a whip, no rights, no nothing and abolitionist Mark Twain took a stand against it. He decides to write a book to point out the flaws of the south; His book was The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain in Huckleberry Finn, uses satire to point out the flaws in pre-civil war South. It is shown by, the pointless feud occurring between the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons.
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One prominent example is when Huck is going to go to hell for helping a slave when Huck says “I guess I will go to hell then.”(pg.217) It is just plain outright preposterous; even an atheist knows that is not true.In utmost seriousness the south employed this tactic so that people who were sympathetic to the slaves will give up their support, Mark Twain upright destroys this claim by making a person who is going to be a good Christian man, save a slave which will apparently make him go to hell. Jim is a slave “Tom said he slipped Jim's hat off his head and hung it on a limb right over him” (pg 8), Mrs. Watson is a person that teaches Huck how to be a good Christian, and owns slaves. Which is just obviously contradictory, how can one be a good Christian and own slaves at the same time? She was about to sell a slave, and tear their family apart. Mark Twain understands this and addresses it humorously by Widow Douglas enrolling huck in school, and teaching him after-school about how God wanted all men to be equal, while she is selling slaves, and treating them like flies. The social structure of the south was complicated, on the one hand, they feared God and did whatever he asked, while on the other hand they are just exploiting, and mistreating
One prominent example is when Huck is going to go to hell for helping a slave when Huck says “I guess I will go to hell then.”(pg.217) It is just plain outright preposterous; even an atheist knows that is not true.In utmost seriousness the south employed this tactic so that people who were sympathetic to the slaves will give up their support, Mark Twain upright destroys this claim by making a person who is going to be a good Christian man, save a slave which will apparently make him go to hell. Jim is a slave “Tom said he slipped Jim's hat off his head and hung it on a limb right over him” (pg 8), Mrs. Watson is a person that teaches Huck how to be a good Christian, and owns slaves. Which is just obviously contradictory, how can one be a good Christian and own slaves at the same time? She was about to sell a slave, and tear their family apart. Mark Twain understands this and addresses it humorously by Widow Douglas enrolling huck in school, and teaching him after-school about how God wanted all men to be equal, while she is selling slaves, and treating them like flies. The social structure of the south was complicated, on the one hand, they feared God and did whatever he asked, while on the other hand they are just exploiting, and mistreating